Chapter II

MODERN MEXICO--SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY--CONDITION OF THE NATIVES--CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES--CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL--VOYAGES AND EXPEDITIONS

Mexico rebuilt 151

Edifices in the City 152

Its Fortress 153

Its Population 154

Settlement of the Country 155

Encouragements to Marriage 156

The Wife of Cortés arrives in Mexico 158

Her Death 159

System of _Repartimientos_ 159

Reward of the Tlascalans 161

Treatment of the Natives 162

Franciscan Missionaries 163

Their Reception by Cortés 164

Progress of Conversion 166

Settlements of the Conquerors 167

Cultivation of the Soil 168

Fleet burnt at Zacatula 169

Voyages to discover a Strait 170

Expedition of Alvarado 172

Results of the Enterprises of Cortés 173